It is hard to believe now that Indian cooking didn’t involve any chillies until 16th century when Vascodigama brought it from South America. Chillies Are sold every where dried as well as green and fresh.

The main ingredients of Keralan cooking is rice and coconut…. rice fields and cocnut trees they are every where…

Excited to see colorful array of Kerala vegetables Please verify with Horticultural gene banks for the endemic pre-existence and harvesting of various capsicum species before India’s European colonisation , note that Vasco Da Gama arrived in Kerala in 1498.